Jungle War In Papua
p. 141 · Read in the full issue
A REMINDER that the natives of New Guinea are only a couple of generations removed from savagery was given early in November in Papua, when about 100 men, with all the paraphernalia of jungle war, fought furiously with spears and clubs in the Rigo district, not 'far from Port Moresby. It was a quarrel between villages over land and other petty matters. Before the adminis trative officers could get there and check the fighting, two men were killed and about a dozen wounded.